Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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15 The Administration T BeHinger Routt ' O the Student Body of A.H.S.: In spite of financial depression, A.H.S. is rich in many of the greater values of life. We have twenty-eight hundred of the finest boys and girls you can find anywhere right here in our student body. Rich in human values. We have gone through the year without a single major case of group disorder, and the conduct of individual students has averaged high Rich in citizenship. We have measured up well in various departmental and achievement tests. Our scholastic standing has been advanced. Rich in scholarship. The athletic teams, debating teams and other groups that come before the public have performed creditably and well. Rich in extra-curricular accomplishment. Alhambra High graduates have achieved success and prominence in colleges and universities during the past year. Rich in honors. FORREST V. ROUTT, Superintendent of Schools. Student Body, Alhambra City High School For the past two years and a half the world has been suffering with an eco- nomic disease that has shaken the foundations of the established framework of our daily life which we had thought too firmly fixed to ever fall again before a depressed financial condition The pillars supporting the cultural superstructure of our life have been warped and weakened and threaten to fall. The reaction to economic privation is felt everywhere It discourages the old and dependent even to self destruction, it turns the experienced middle generation into either a cynical channel or rushes it into a pleasure seeking day to day existence. Fortunately the generation in high school today have still the buoyancy of youth unembittered by disappointments. To you now in high school is set the task of not losing faith in the ideals of democracy, nor belief but that our present conditions are only a passing phase of history out of which will develop through education a more satisfactory American life. Sincerely, CEO. E. BETTINCER, Principal.

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14 Coryell Ctlstrap Montgomery Magill Hartsig Yelland Board of Education TO the Student Body of A.H.S I fully appreciate how distasteful it would be for me to preach to you, but there are two thoughts I would like to leave with you. Firstly, there is what is known as school spirit A.H.S. has school spirit, but it can have more. It is intolerant of conditions which will bring reproach upon the school, and the accomplishment of this ideal, to be successful must come from the student body itself. And then there is appreciation of educational opportunities. We all hope for success in our endeavors and the pass key to success is a good education. In this, I speak from experience, because all my life I have had to work harder to accomplish things I set out to do, because it was impossible for me to receive a complete educa- tion. And lastly, I want to say this to you, that nowhere have I seen a finer group of young women and young men than is gathered together at A.H.S. I am for you 100 ' ; H, H MONTGOMERY, President Board of Education.

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16 The Vice -Principals T- Blount Werre o the Students of A.H.S The year 1931-32 has been an eventful one in many ways. We have met many problems due to adverse fi- nancial conditions and overcrowded classrooms. We have completed a very successful year and with a student body of the calibre that we have in Alhambra High, we find that we can surmount almost any obstacle. As each year goes by, I en|oy increased pleasure working with you folks, and I shall consider myself well repaid if I have been able to be of some little help to those with whom I have worked. My only regret, due to the size of the school, is that I am not able to become better acquainted with a greater number of the boys of A.H.S. Yours for a happy vacation, I remain, H. M. WERRE, Boys ' Vice-Principal. To the Students of A.H.S.: The crowded condition of our school and the continued existing depression have truly made this year a testing period for students, faculty members, and parents. The A.H.S. spirit of enthusiasm in activities, loyalty in service, good fellowship in contacts has never been more apparent. Helpfulness, co-operation, and high citizen- ship standards have been keynotes in the year ' s work. In times of stress it is more difficu|l to keep an even keek ' than when problems of daily living are easier to solve. I can extend no more sincere wish to those who leave by graduation or to those who wtll return, than that such faith may be yours to lead you to happiness and success. Cordially yours, • ; EFFINE P. BLOUNT, Girls ' Vice-Principal.